Category Archives: Great Eastern Cutlery

Great Eastern Cutlery #54 Tidioute ‘Big Moose’

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Derrick

Some days only a big slipjoint will do. For days like that, there’s the Great Eastern Cutlery #54 Tidioute “Big Moose.” Its four-inch frame holds a pair of full-size blades — a clip and a spear, both of 1095 carbon steel — along with … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #73 Tidioute Trapper

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Derrick

The Great Eastern Cutlery #73 frame is one of our favorites — it’s big enough to allow a solid grip, and it’s just the right shape. Today’s wallpaper image is of the GEC #73 Tidioute Trapper, a slim slipjoint that features a … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Tidioute ‘John Chapman’

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Derrick

Here’s a new GEC, one we’re pretty sure you haven’t seen before — the #38 Tidioute “John Chapman.” We just got a shipment from Great Eastern Cutlery’s inaugural production of this profile, and we must say we’re impressed. It features … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Northfield Grinling Whittler

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Derrick

This beautiful #38 Grinling Whittler is covered in Sambar stag. It’s warm in the hand and sharp as all get-out. Great Eastern Cutlery is making modern classic slipjoints. You can see a great review of this knife by survival instructor Kevin … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Northfield Grinling Whittler

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Derrick

Here’s another look at the Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Grinling Whittler. Unlike the Tidioute we posted the other day, however, this one bears the Northfield UN-X-LD marque. And in place of Black Camel Bone, this one’s scaled in Burnt Stag. … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery: Patina grows, character shows

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Derrick

Before the advent of mass-produced stainless-steel knives, virtually all blades were made of carbon steel. When a knife, like this three-blade GEC, developed a patina of gray or even black, the change in color simply was an indication of use. … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Tidioute Grinling Whittler

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Derrick

The classic whittler pattern is one of the most useful slipjoints we know of, and we especially love the Great Eastern Cutlery #38 Tidioute Grinling Whittler with its tapered serpentine frame. We thought it couldn’t get any better — and … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #15 in Blood Orange Camel Bone

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Derrick

We had an SFO from Great Eastern Cutlery that was strikingly beautiful. We threw 50 up on our site, and 50 sold almost as fast. If you picked up one of these, count yourself lucky. For the rest of us, … Continue reading →

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Great Eastern Cutlery #61 Congress

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Derrick

I can’t help it. I love this Great Eastern Cutlery knife. The #61 rides completely effortlessly in my pocket.  

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Great Eastern Cutlery #25 Barlow

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Derrick

What was that? Did someone say Barlow? This well-loved Tidioute #25 Barlow by Great Eastern Cutlery, scaled in “Tractor Green” jigged bone, is just a baby. It’s also one of our favorite traditional pocketknives.

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